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November 03, 2005
Religious assault on the GOP
Having studied history as an undergrad, I always felt that Karl Rove's goal of an enduring Republican majority was the product of an active imagination and a misreading of political history more than anything else. In a Slate article today, Jacob Weisberg takes aim at Rove's dying dream, and elaborates on just how misguided it was. Perhaps the core asset that Regan had which Bush has been deprived of is the willingness of religious conservatives to accept gestures and defer their more radical goals. As Weisberg observes: "James Dobson and Pat Robertson don't understand that they would do their cause the most good by keeping their mouths shut and not scaring everyone witless." Admittedly, the Democratic Party is a veritable hotbed of political ineptitude, but the dominance of the religious right within the GOP seems destined to sabotage the party's chances for long-term politcal dominance.
Posted by Audi Partem Alteram at November 3, 2005 03:35 PM
